COVID-19 - God's Parable For Mankind

COVID-19 - God's Parable For Mankind - By Deborah Lynn Homeister - https://www.prophecynewswatch.com/article.cfm?recent_news_id=3964

 

A 'New Thought' -

 

As I was praying with my children a few days ago, a new thought came to me that was a bit startling, but not because of the thought itself. I was startled, by the fact that I had not had this thought or question before now.

 

As I peered at that global map lit with the areas of the world where COVID 19 was ablaze, it occurred to me that the entire globe was in a - 'time out'.

 

In a matter of a few short weeks, thanks to this miniscule virus, global commerce had come to a halt. For large swathes of this blue planet, in the developed world, there were no more traffic jams on the freeways, or on the runways. The skyscrapers were dark as many worked from home, many others could no longer work anywhere.

 

Great University halls of learning were silent, and pews once filled with those who still attended weekly church gatherings, were empty. And, weddings that had been months in the making were canceled overnight.

 

Here in the west, there was no more March Madness, no more rock concerts, vacations, dinner or dance parties or Saint Patty's Day karaoke at the bars. Even the 'city that never sleeps' appeared to have settled in for a late winter nap. Small social gatherings for a game of cards ended, the grand halls where live Theater was performed, were silent.

 

Neither were there anymore throngs of young people making their early rush for popcorn before trying to grab the best seats in their favorite movie theater... No more after school activities...no more Friday night sleepovers.

 

Living, seemed to have stopped. Except in the Hospitals, where health care workers of every stripe began the fight to keep others and themselves, from dying.

 

Yet, even with all of the loss of life before, and with even more to come....there would be no end of life ceremonies, no mourners to gather in loving memory, no arms to offer comfort, no words of hope spoken over the life that was no more. But, how could this be so?

 

No shots had been exchanged, no bombs had been dropped, no new foreign armies had invaded and yet ... virtually the whole planet appeared to be on: pause.

 

For now and for an undetermined time to come, the one commodity that always seemed in such short supply; that elusive thing that the young take for granted and the old continually grasp for more of - is the one thing that for some, there is now too much of.

 

Time.

 

There are those whom have never truly been alone with their own thoughts, before now.

 

Perhaps this new found experience will for them, be frightening. For others, it will lead to a freedom they never knew existed.

 

Time.... Time-out....

 

That 'new thought' that I cannot escape:

 

What if -the entire globe has been given a 'time out'?

What if - everything this world revolves around, has been put on 'pause'?

What if - everything that distracts us has been set aside for a specific purpose?

What if - in the midst of this horrendous epoch in human history, the author of time was granting humanity - A time out?

What if - for one brief time in human history, humanity was given 'extra' time? And if so, why?

 

What if - it was to enable us to consider perhaps for the first time - why we are here, to be given the time (and the absence of busyness) to genuinely consider the most important matters in the entire universe? Time to ponder good and evil, if man can have peace, where we go when we die, and why? Is there really any hope?

 

And what if - we only had a short window of time, to find the evidence that answers these questions and many more besides?

 

Is there anyone who has the power to take something horrendous, something more wretched than COVID 19, an instrument of pain and death - and use it as a means of accomplishing something so beautiful, so momentous that the greatest minds that ever lived, could not have conceived of it? It happened once before.

 

This tiny little virus that is not a respecter of persons, which has sent the whole world into hiding, will not have the final say. Long ago, there was another virus, and this one which had a 100% mortality rate, infected the entire human race. The one who released it thought he found the means to utterly destroy the human race, permanently. He was wrong.

 

It is a sobering thought, that because of that virus, there is a fixed day for every human being ever born, when time will be 'up'. No matter how powerful, no matter how intelligent, no matter how wealthy, no matter how attractive we are - NO ONE - is promised tomorrow.

 

The brightest scientific minds are seeking to find a cure for COVID 19; others are furiously searching for a vaccine to prevent anyone from ever getting this dreaded virus, which at this writing just topped 1 million cases.

 

Imagine with me that the cure for the Corona Virus has been identified, and has been made available for all people, from all nations, from all socio-economic backgrounds? Can you conceive of any scenario wherein the cure that will prevent death is being made available to ALL and without cost?

 

But, what if it were true? And what if - someone offered his own wealth to cover the cost to give this cure to every human being on the earth? And what if - this man was also the one to receive the live virus, knowing it would lead to his own death?

 

One person, offering to give their own life, in order to save the human race. Can you even fathom a scenario in which anyone, anywhere on earth, would say 'No thanks'? Such a scenario involving a cure for COVID 19 is of course, hypothetical.

 

But in a similar way, such a scenario has happened.

 

Earlier, I spoke of another, more deadly virus. At extreme personal cost, the cure for this virus, was developed and then purchased for - all - of humanity. Yet, shocking as it is, countless people the world over have rejected the only available cure. Why? You will have to ask them.

 

I can tell you that this cure was given to me some 44 years ago and not only did it save my life, it changed my life as well. Those who knew me best, saw a new and very different person. Since then, guilt is gone and every day is a new start, everyday holds the promise of hope and a deep, abiding peace that does not make sense - even when all that can go wrong, does. Even, now.

 

Earlier, I asked a provocative question: 'Is there anyone who has the power to take something horrendous, something more wretched than COVID 19, an instrument of pain and death - and use it as a means of accomplishing something so beautiful, so momentous that the greatest minds that ever lived, could not have conceived of it?' I mentioned that it happened once before.

 

On April 10th I will spend the day meditating on that one Friday some 2,000 years ago, when the most painful instrument of death ever devised by man, was turned into the most wonderful, most beautiful gift ever offered to man: the Roman cross became the instrument used to produce the cure for the virus that leads to eternal death, eternal separation from the One who created us for a relationship with Him, who loves us more than we could ever begin to imagine!

 

The cure? The God who made us, left His throne and came to earth for the sole purpose of taking the 'virus' Himself, in order to produce the only Cure. And with His own blood, He paid the price in order to be able to offer the Cure to all, without cost. In effect, He took our illness, and in exchange gave us His life.

 

And the one who gave the original virus to all of humanity, who thought he found the means to utterly destroy the human race, permanently? I told you he was wrong.

 

The proof? The first day of the week after that Friday, the One who took my death, was raised from the grave to prove that the Cure worked, and that is the Cure He offers to ALL who will come to Him and ask for it. Because He lives, I and all who accept His payment for the Cure, will never experience eternal death.

 

His Name is Jesus the Christ, the only Son of the Living GOD, and He sits at the right hand of the Father, one day to return to this earth, again.

 

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